GoKawiilTL;DR Googlebooks are premium Android-powered laptops made by partner manufacturers, and we know the names of five partners already.
Acer, ASUS, Dell, HP, and Lenovo are onboard and confirmed to be making Googlebook laptops starting this fall.
Of the six Chromebook partners Google lists on its Shop Chromebooks site, only Samsung isn’t lined up to also make Googlebooks.
A new category of Google laptop is entering the fray, and they’re called Googlebooks. Announced during The Android Show I/O Edition, Googlebooks are Android-powered laptops that will be made by partner manufacturers starting this fall. Google is planning to share more details about Googlebooks later this year, but it already revealed teaser renders for the upcoming laptops, and the names of five partners that will make them.
So far, we know that Googlebooks run software built on the Android technology stack and the newly announced Gemini Intelligence. Google also confirmed that Googlebooks will all have a premium design with a hallmark “Glowbar” on the top of the outer lid. The exact design and form factor for each Googlebook model will vary, but the emphasis on build quality and premium materials will remain consistent across brands.
This isn’t the first time Google has partnered with manufacturers to make laptops, so it’s not surprising that the company is calling upon five Chromebook-makers to kick off the Googlebook launch starting this fall. The first Googlebooks to debut will be made by Acer, ASUS, Dell, HP, and Lenovo, with potentially more names to follow. This isn’t a final list, but rather, the confirmed brands set to release some of the first Googlebooks.
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It seems fitting that many of the brands preparing to launch Googlebooks have experience making both Chromebooks and Android tablets. Googlebooks are built on the Android technology stack, and although Google hasn’t confirmed the exact name for the operating system that will power them, it certainly sounds like the Aluminium OS project. Bringing in companies like Acer, ASUS, and Lenovo, which have made Android and ChromeOS hardware in the past, to make Googlebooks could be a sound strategy.
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